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Re:Alpine Linux Security advisory: OpenSSH-server password a... by Sohcahtoa82 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:38PM (#50386662)
Static linking makes distribution easier, but it's an absolute security nightmare.

With dynamic linking, you just upgrade the library on your system and you're done. With static linking, every binary that uses the library has to be rebuilt.

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Re:Alpine Linux Security advisory: OpenSSH-server password a... by muvlon on Thursday November 05, 2026 @09:44PM (#50387508)
So then rebuild everything? I don't see the problem. NixOS shows how it's done.
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